CVE-2017-1000422

Publication date 2 January 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Gnome gdk-pixbuf 2.36.8 and older is vulnerable to several integer overflow in the gif_get_lzw function resulting in memory corruption and potential code execution

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdk-pixbuf	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gdk-pixbuf	Upstream: ?id=001

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3532-1
GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
15 January 2018